Re: Bad News, Good News

[Kestutis.Kveraga@Dartmouth.EDU (Kestutis Kveraga)]

--- peter delevett wrote:
> If the Celtics can beat Washington, on the road, without Antoine, Mercer or
> Kenny, they deserve a measure of respect this season. The Fleet Center fans
> owe the team an apology. 

No, the team owes THEM money for not showing up for work in a lot of games in February and March. 

> (N.B. The Celtics are now 11-0 when they score 100 or more points. 

They're also 16-0 when they score more points than the opponent ;-) 
Scoring a 100 points almost guarantees that in today's NBA. 

> Celts have
> won 6 of their last 8, including 2 road wins and 3 wins over
> playoff-contending teams.)
 
There's another, more important relationship to be noted in this .750 streak: the winning % is inversely related to the number of minutes that ball-hogging, no-defense, shoot first-pass later types play for the Celtics.